Aging
Aging Holocaust survivors need help maintaining homes they can’t bear to leave
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is seeking support to help survivors stay safely and comfortably in their homes.
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Listen 3:42Whose adventure are we choosing here?
I don't want to date Indiana Jones! I just want someone I can read in bed with. So why are so many men my age seeking adventurous women?
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Many of our commitments have come about circumstantially. By that we mean: We had kids, they had interests, and we jumped right in.
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$28 million renovation of Sharswood senior apartments underway
Work on the Blumberg tower's 94 apartments in North Phily is expected to be finished in a year. It's part of a $500 million redevelopment of the Sharswood neighborhood.
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Parents are a lot like actors, athletes and politicians in that, at some point in our career, we begin to consider our legacy.
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Sometimes it takes a ‘village’ to help seniors stay in their homes
The idea of being able to maintain independence into one's 80s or 90s is so irresistible that he number of villages across the country has grown to 230.
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Guests: Malcolm Harris, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett What makes a Millennial? This group of people has often been descri ...
Air Date: December 14, 2017
Listen 49:14New Medicaid feature to reduce future nursing home enrollees
Years in the making, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is rolling out a new Medicaid feature that's designed to reduce the future number of enrollees in nursing homes.
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Families in crisis: aging parents & disabled children
GUESTS: RONNIE POLANECZKY, AUDREY (DEE) COCCIA & MAUREEN DEVANEY Daily News columnist, ...
Air Date: December 8, 2017
Listen 49:14Gaining a second mother, then learning to let her go
I had lost my own mother to dementia years ago and know the signs. It's as if Adele, at 92, is in a holding pattern. No longer “here,” but not yet gone.
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Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge recovering from heart attack
The wife of former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary and Pa. Governor Tom Ridge says he's in the early stages of recovery.
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Delaware Hospice serves growing aging population
As Delaware's population continues to skew older, the nonprofit Delaware Hospice has expansion plans to serve an aging population that continues to grow.
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Who in his right mind wants to die at 75?
He claims, though, that he won't actively end his life — he's always been opposed to euthanasia, and to "death with dignity" — he will not try to prolong it either.
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Educating about the end of life, with some fun thrown in
The idea of the third annual “Before I Die” festival in Collingswood, New Jersey was to make uncomfortable conversations around death easier.
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